Ok, I have to ask – what the hell is the deal with the bear? Sidonia no Kishi – 02 I certainly want to like this show, but there are some major flies in the ointment. Between the really ugly character CGI and the fact that a big story is […] Read more
With Little Busters it always comes back to that, doesn’t it? There’s nothing in the third (of four, seemingly) episode of Saya’s mini-arc in EX that will blow you away on first viewing. It’s breezy, silly, briskly paced and mostly entertaining, just as the first two eps were, albeit it […] Read more
Sorry it took so long, Noragami – I promise is wasn’t for lack off affection. This one has been sitting in my inbox for quite some time, and it’s not alone – the beginning of any season, especially Spring, is a tough time to fit in anything outside the broadcast […] Read more
If you care to join me on the fence with this one, I’ll happily slide over. I’m certainly not seeing brilliance in Hitsugi no Chaika after two episodes, but it is a pretty interesting series. This is not a glamour production for BONES – it seems pretty clear that it […] Read more
“Idiot”, my ass… I’m not patient or fastidious enough to regularly track who the animation directors for specific episodes of Hunter X Hunter are, but I’m assuming they brought out one of the big guns – Mori Tomoko or Abiru Takahiro, maybe – for this one, and likely next week’s […] Read more
I never would have believed it. I’m trying to think back on the last time a show I had in the final mix for my top series of the season was also the top seller – it would have to go back at least to AnoHana in Spring 2011, and […] Read more
This sounds like a job for “Hime, Hime!” I’ve been trying to think of another time when the anime landscape for sports manga fans has been like this. Yowapeda, Ace of Diamond, Baby Steps, Ping Pong, Haikyuu – five manga adaptations, five different sports, five radically different narrative styles, all […] Read more
Doskoi! Tonari no Seki-kun – 15 I guess it’s pretty much official now that the reports of TV Seki-kun’s demise were incorrect, as it’s now aired two weeks in a row as scheduled this season. I won’t be foolish enough to try and predict what’s going to happen with the […] Read more
I’m not sure what to make of Gokukoku no Brynhildr yet, but I am sure I’m enjoying it so far. It seems like an odd way to describe a series that shows us what we’ve seen from this one already, but the word I most want to describe Gokukoku no […] Read more
In my continuing belief that there’s a Seinfeld quite for every situation, Isshuukan Friends is like gossamer – and you don’t dissect gossamer. For the second time in as many weeks I’m going to reference Sekai Soredemo wa Utsukushii in talking about this series. It’s not as though the two […] Read more